Tag Archives: LONDON

LONDON: A Briton who deliberately drove a van into a group of worshippers near a London mosque, killing one man, was on Friday (Feb 2) sentenced to life in prison with a minimum 43-year term. Darren Osborne, 48, from the Welsh capital Cardiff, was found guilty of murdering 51-year-old Makram ...

LONDON: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that he will invest £15 million in a new scheme that aims to purchase up to 330 properties to be made available for Londoners who have been, or are at risk of becoming homeless. The plan is to buy properties that are ...

LONDON: Back in November London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced that the London’s Bus Hopper scheme would be getting a mini expansion in the new year. Today is the day that goes into effect, which should save some commuters a bit of extra cash. In the past bus hopping let you switch ...

LONDON: Madonna has been busy recording new music in a London studio . The Queen of Pop – whose last LP was 2015’s ‘Rebel Heart’ – was spotted leaving the recording space in the British Capital on Wednesday, and she also posted a photograph of herself singing into a microphone, ...

LONDON: China is escalating its clampdown on cryptocurrency trading, targeting online platforms and mobile apps that offer exchange-like services, according to people familiar with the matter. While authorities banned cryptocurrency exchanges last year, they’ve recently noted an uptick in activity on alternative venues. The government plans to block domestic access ...

LONDON: An Indian-origin terror suspect, who allegedly agreed to help another man acquire a gun for an attack in London, went on trial along with three others on Tuesday. Nadeem Ilyas Patel, from east London, was charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence in ...

KARACHI: Three prominent Pakistani women have added their voices to the #MeToo movement in the wake of the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in a city in the east of the country last week. Model and event manager Frieha Altaf, actress Nadia Jamil and fashion designer Maheen Khan ...

LONDON: Shah Rukh Khan’s kids Aryan and Suhana, have just left Mumbai, for their school in London, and SRK is already feeling rather desolate. Recently, the actor posted several photos on Instagram, after dropping them at the airport. The doting father captioned the photo, “Holidays as Shah Rukh Khan’s kids ...

LONDON Mayor Sadiq Khan has said that US President Donald Trump had “got the message” from Londoners after cancelling his visit to the city. Trump had claimed he had scrapped the visit because he did not want to open the new US embassy in the British capital, but Khan on ...

QUITO: Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after more than five years of living in asylum at the nation’s embassy in London, officials announced. Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said officials accepted Assange’s request for naturalization in December, and they continue to look for a long-term resolution ...